International Expert Feedback (IEF) organized by the NEA at the request of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) to assess the sufficiency and applicability of the newly developed met...

Report findings are based on international expert responses to a questionnaire concerning radiological characterisation of materials and waste. Information obtained from this survey is accompanied by...

This report summarises the presentations and discussions held at the International Symposium on Preparation for Decommisssioning (PREDEC2016), held at the Lyon Convention Center, France, on 16-18 Feb...

This document presents an overview of findings, positions, boundary conditions and issues based on the results of the R&R project of 2007-2011 and of the Reims conference held in December 2010.

The aim of this analysis is to investigate the potential usefulness of mechanisms that have international influence, scope or support and are based on international co-operation, for the preservation...

Complementary annotated bibliography to the report by the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC), Stakeholder Involvement in Decision Making: A Short Guide to Issues, Techniques and Resources (OECD/NE...

This report provides an overview of the state of the art in scenario development related to the long-term safety of geological repositories for radioactive waste.

Provisional agenda for the 2nd meeting of the Task Group on Fire Risk, held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 11 February 2014.

Describes the achievements and plans of the working parties under the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) as presented at the 47th session of the RWMC held on 26-27 March 2014.

Outlines the vision for the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) Project, namely to create sets of metadata that can be used by national programmes to manage their repository dat...

This report presents a comprehensive look at the general monitoring information, practices and approaches used in the various national geological disposal programmes and elaborated in a number of int...

This document outlines a proposal to establish a pilot group tasked with exploring the interface between storage and disposal. Presented at the 47th session of the RWMC on 26-27 March 2014.

This document is a summary record of the first meeting of the Radioactive Waste Repository Metadata Management (RepMet) initiative.

The 47th session of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) took place in Paris on 26-27 March 2014. This document provides a summary record as well as a summary of the main items and decis...

This document is the summary record of the 7th meeting of the Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) held in Malmö, Sweden on 10-11 June 2014.

This document is an overview of the mandate of the Expert Group on Predisposal Management of Radioactive Waste (PMRW). As an initial task, the PMRW will focus on main aspects related to activities in...

This document describes the mandates of the RWMC Regulators' Forum (RF) and the RWMC Working Parties FSC, IGSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference Center i...

This document describes the provisional Programme of Work (PoW) of the Expert Group on Operational Safety in 2013 to 2014. Work activities outlined here were approved by the EG-OS at their kickoff me...

This document describes the provisional mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS). The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practic...

This is the final report of the Task Group on Radiological Characterisation and Decommissioning (RCD) of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD). It provides guidance on selection...

The key objective of this joint RF/IGSC workshop was to identify, and exchange experience on, the current and future challenges faced by implementers and regulators when preparing for their applicati...

This document describes the manadate of the Task Group on Nuclear Site Restoration, namely, to provide the member countries with up-to-date information and to develop consensus regarding the strategi...

This document is the summary record of the 6th meeting of the Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG), held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 18-20 June 2013. 

This document is...

This Technical Note makes proposals for revisions to the NEA International FEP List in light of the review of the project-specific FEP lists recently developed (i.e. since 2006) by organisations asse...

This document is the provisional summary record of the 14th session of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 18-20 Novem...

This document is a synthesis of the 8th National Workshop and Community Visit of the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in Östhammar, Sweden on 4-6 May 2011. Representatives of local, regiona...

In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...

This document was prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency's (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission‟s Directorate General for Energy ...

This document is a summary of the special seminar commemorating the 10th anniversary of the OECD/NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Mouli...

The main purpose of this status report is to increase awareness and understanding of the potential applications of indicators in the safety case, and provide support for further development in the ar...

This document aims at providing a starting point for discussing the usefulness of launching an international discussion and reflection on the basic elements, the concrete experiences and the challeng...

This document presents the proposed terms of reference for the 2015 RWMC-RF Workshop, Challenges to the Regulator in Construction, Licensing and Operation of Waste Repositories. Presented at the 17th...

Prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA’s) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy (EC DG-ENER) and...

This document presents the most complete analysis of the use of the words control, oversight, etc. as used in NEA, IAEA and ICRP literature connected to radioactive waste disposal. It reveals the man...

This document outlines the provisional agenda of the 17th session of the RWMC-RF, held at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France on 24-25 March 2014.

This document describes the mission and objectives of the Salt Club for a proposed extended mandate (May 2014-December 2015) under the aegis of the IGSC.

The RK&M project seeks, among other things, to gain insights into the factors influencing the loss and recovery of knowledge and memory preservation in areas other than nuclear wastes. One area with ...

Nations with nuclear power programmes are, or intend to, become engaged in planning to dispose of their higher-level and/or longer-lived radioactive waste in deep geologic repositories. If they remai...

This document outlines the achievements and future plans of the working parties of the RWMC, specifically the IGSC, FSC and WPDD. Prepared for the 46th session of the RWMC held at the OECD Conference...

This document defines and discusses the purpose and general contents of post-closure safety cases for geological repositories for long-lived radioactive waste. Its aim is to provide a useful point of...

This discussion paper was provided to the Regulators’ Forum (RF) of the RWMC to spark discussion on the impact of the concept of oversight and of the ICRP-122 recommendations on national and internat...

This document was prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA’s) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energ...

This document describes the mandate of the IGSC Expert Group on Operational Safety (EG-OS) in 2013. The aim of the expert group is to identify, evaluate and help define international best practice in...

The first meeting of the Salt Club (SC-1) took place at the NEA Offices in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France on 04 December 2012. This draft summary record reviews the main items and decisions.

This study was originally commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy between 2008 and 2010. The intention was to investigate the state of the art on marking with a view to learning lessons fo...

This document is the draft agenda of the 32nd meeting of the Management Board of the Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information concerning Nuclear Installations D...

This Technical Note reviews the relevant project-specific FEP lists recently developed (i.e. since 2006) by organisations assessing the post-closure safety of the deep disposal of radioactive waste. ...

The study report explores the role, needs and expectations of local communities regarding monitoring and RK&M preservation of radioactive waste management (RWM) facilities, in particular deep geologi...

This document is the summary record of the 2nd meeting of the Salt Club held in Berlin, Germany on 16 September 2013. The Salt Club operates under the aegis of the Integration Group for the Safety Ca...

This document is the draft summary record of the 15th meeting of the Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC), held OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France on 10-11 October 2013.

In the area of radioactive waste management, the regulator or safety authority has emerged as a principal actor in the eyes of civil society. This study shows how regulators are increasing their inte...

This document describes the achievements and plans of the working parties of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC). It was prepared for the 45th session of the RWMC in 2012.

At the request of the Belgian Federal government, the OECD-NEA International Review Team (IRT) is reviewing the safety case of the ONDRAF/NIRAS' surface disposal facility for low and intermediate lev...

This essay focuses on the concepts of “willing potential host” and “willing host” communities in the context of radioactive waste management facility siting. Should criteria for defining these be spe...

This report synthesizes principles for socially responsive siting of radioactive waste management facilities that have emerged from over a decade of learning by the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (F...

A major activity of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in the field of radioactive waste management is the organization of independent, international peer reviews of national studies and projects. The N...

This document describes the mandate of the RWMC Expert Group on Waste Inventorying and Reporting Methodology (EGIRM).

A key challenge for some national radioactive waste management programmes and an important learning opportunity for many others will be the licensing of the construction and operation of the first de...

This technical guide promotes an integrated approach encompassing the interests of all actors involved (e.g. decommissioners, regulators, the public at large, waste management agencies, transporters,...

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has an acknowledged role in organising independent, international peer reviews of national programmes and studies in the field of radioactive waste management. The NEA...

This cost control guide was prepared in response to the request from the OECD/NEA Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) – Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) to offer the i...

The Regulators' Forum of the RWMC and the IGSC have both identified the need to explore the challenges and good practice in view of preparing for the construction license of a deep geological reposit...

Over the past two decades the NEA, on behalf of requesting countries, has regularly organised international peer reviews of national safety reports in the field of geological disposal of radioactive ...

At the request of the Swedish government, the OECD-NEA International Review Team (IRT) is examining the application by SKB for a construction license of a spent fuel repository in Sweden. Questionnai...

This strategic plan for RWMC was adopted at the RWMC meeting of March 2011. It expands and details the planning given in the Strategic Plan of the Nuclear Energy Agency for 2011-2016 that was approve...

This is the final draft of a brochure to be published in December 2011 by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) (in English and in French). This interim file is...

Disposal in engineered facilities built in stable, deep geological formations is the reference solution for permanently isolating long-lived radioactive waste from the human biosphere. This managemen...

This is the final full report of the 4-year international project on Reversibility and Retrievability (R&R) launched in 2007 by the OECD/NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC). Major miles...

The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...

The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...

The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terminology for the purposes of the RK&M project. Compiled by the members of the project team, it is intended as a source of terms that are commonly u...

This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...

This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...

The RK&M glossary defines important concepts and terms that are commonly used. It is under continuous development by the project team and represents a peer-reviewed set of terms. It should be pointed...

This bibliography aims at providing an overview over the work performed in the field of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation with radioactive waste management, especially dis...

This bibliography aims at providing an overview of the work performed in the field of preservation of records, knowledge and memory in relation to radioactive waste management, especially disposal. F...

This document provides a brief summary of the decisions made during the 10th meeting of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held on 17-19 November 2009.

All RF colleagues are asked to provide written replies to questions listed in this document. Responses will be compiled and analysed, and the analysis will be distributed a few days prior to RWMC-43....

At its 2009 meeting, RWMC members were very positive on starting an initiative on long-term preservation of information and memory. The topic is broad and should be addressed in well-defined packages...

This document is the summary record of the topical session on Management of Large Components from Decommissioning to Storage and Disposal held at the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling'...

At RWMC-42 a decision was made to produce a flyer on the waste management profession. A few countries provided relevant materials. Discussions within the RWMC Bureau produced the hereby provided "vis...

The RWMC Bureau suggests that a text of 10-15 pages be prepared as input to the International Conference on Geological Repositories (ICGR-2011) conference and finalised thereafter. The text would foc...

This document describes the achievements and programme of work of the working parties of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee. It was prepared for presentation at the RWMC-43 meeting held at th...

Long-term preservation of records, knowledge and memory is an important component of the RWMC programme of work. As part of its series of initiatives in this area, the RWMC surveyed national programm...

The work of the RWMC Regulators’ Forum on regulation and safety criteria for geological disposal of radioactive wastes, which culminated in the Tokyo workshop of January 2009, has identified a number...

The RWMC is implementing its programme of work in the field of long-term preservation of information and memory. This document describes proposed goals and deliverables of a RWMC project over the per...

In March 2010 a topical session was held on this subject during the plenary meeting of the RWMC with a view to identify common issues and, in due course, to start the RWMC first international project...

This document contains a summary of the actions taken at the Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) Reversibility and Retrievability Project Meeting, held in Paris, France on 21-23 June 2010...

The second phase of the RWMC Reversibility and Retrievability project was a data gathering phase, through use of a questionnaire to elicit information on the current status of disposal programmes in ...

This draft report deals with the concepts of reversibility and retrievability for the deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel. It documents the results of an initiative that was ...

The present report outlines the potential merits of R&D work carried out by the regulator. It summarises the results of a questionnaire that was circulated among the members of the Regulators' Forum ...

The present report outlines the potential merits of R&D work carried out by the regulator. It summarises the results of a questionnaire that was circulated among the members of the Regulators' Forum ...

At its March 2007 meeting, the RWMC agreed to start an initiative on reversibility and retrievability (R&R), with a particular focus on policy and regulatory issues. The R&R initiative is being carri...

The RWMC has adopted knowledge consolidation and transfer as one of the pillars of the Committee’s modus operandi and work programme. This is seen as a natural enhancement of the RWMC role of advanci...

The RWMC vision document on knowledge consolidation and transfer, NEA/RWM(2009)4/PROV, identifies the sharing of information across generations as an area deserving further development. This document...

This document reports the main findings from the RWMC Regulators’ Forum (RF) Workshop, as discussed and approved at the RF meeting in March 2009. The workshop was held in Tokyo, Japan on 20-22 Januar...

This document has been prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA’s) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission’s Directorate General for ...

This document represents the final version of the collective statement of the Radioactiave Waste Management Committee (RWMC) on moving forward with geologic disposal. The intent is to produce a publi...

This report of the NEA Working Group on Approaches and Methods for Integrating Geological Information in the Safety Case (AMIGO) summarizes the responses from 17 AMIGO participants, including both im...

This document has been prepared by the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in collaboration with the European Commission (DGTREN) and the IAEA. It is...

The present document summarizes and reviews the concepts relevant to the optimisation of geological disposal systems as they are outlined in national and international guidance as well as in the work...

This document is the summary record of the meeting of the Management Board of the NEA Sorption Project Phase III, held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 5-6 November 2009.

The last decade has seen significant progress in several countries on the siting of repositories for deep disposal of long-lived radioactive waste. In parallel with this, regulatory authorities have ...

This document reviews the regulatory developments in the field of geologic disposal since the Cordoba Workshop of 1997. It supports the Tokyo workshop of the RWMC Regulators' Forum (20-22 January 200...

This document describes the main highlights since the March 2006 meeting of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC-39) of each of its three working parties (IGSC, FSC and WPDD), providing a...

Significant numbers of nuclear power plants will reach the end of their operating lives in the coming decades or may be shut down for economic or other reasons. NEA Member countries are giving increa...

This document outlines the preliminary programme and pre-registration steps to participate in the third AMIGO Workshop on Approaches and Challenges for the Use of Geological Information in the Safety...

Le projet LTSC (Long-term Safety Criteria) a été initié en 2004 par le Forum des régulateurs du Comité de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC-RF) dans le but d'examiner les critères utilisés dan...

This report describes the strategic areas in which the RWMC plans to focus its efforts in future years based on the identification of the major challenges currently faced by national programmes. The ...

This status report reflects the viewpoints and materials of a seminar on Strategy Selection for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities held in Tarragona, Spain on 1-4 September 2003. The report al...

It was the wish of the French Government that the NEA organise an international peer review of the Dossier 2005 Argile produced by the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra)....

This status report was prepared on behalf of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) by its Task Group on the Release of Materials, Buildings and Sites. It report reflects the vie...

This document provides information on how the work of the NEA/RWMC supports the needs of NEA member countries and how it differs from, and complements, the related work of the IAEA and EC. In particu...

This report contains a compilation of all papers regarding stakeholder involvement in decommissioning given at WPDD meetings and workshops between 2001 and the end of 2004. The compilation, together ...

This status report is based on and reflects the viewpoints and materials from several NEA initiatives in connection with decommissioining of nuclear power facilities and with long-term nuclear liabil...

This document has been prepared by the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) in order to fulfil its role as an information centre within the NEA on international activities being pe...

The report is aimed at interested parties that already have some detailed background knowledge of safety assessment methodologies and safety cases, including safety assessment practitioners and regul...

This status report was prepared on behalf of the WPDD by its Task Group on the Decommissioning Safety Case. It reflects the viewpoints and materials of a topical session held in December 2001 plus th...

This document contains the provisional programme and registation details for the EBS Workshop on the Integration of Engineered Barrier Systems in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling. The workshop ...

This document contains the final programme and registration details of the EBS Workshop on Integration of Engineered Barrier Systems in the Safety Case: The Role of Modelling. The workshop is to be h...

The Clay Club is a working group on Characterisation, Understanding and Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations. This document outlines the agenda of its 15th meeting.

International peer reviews of disposal safety cases are regularly carried out under the aegis of the RWMC. A checklist of questions is being provided in order to help the review teams prepare a final...

International peer review as a working method is closely associated with the OECD, where it is facilitated by the homogeneous membership and the high degree of trust shared by the member countries. I...

This brochure presents an easily accessible synopsis of the regulatory control of radioactive waste management by reviewing 15 national cases. It covers the management of radioactive waste from all t...

This document contains the agenda of the sixth session of the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), a Topical Session on Stakeholder Involvement in Decommissioning, held in Brussel...

This document presents a list of Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) documents that have been published since its launching in 2000. It consists of two parts, the first of which lists the pu...

The NEA's Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) Regulators’ Forum's (RWMC-RF) first major undertaking was to compile information about the regulatory control of radioactive waste management...

This report arose from topical discussions held within the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) and the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) and draws on the many initiatives of the FSC in ...

This document contains the preliminary programme and registration details of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) workshop to be held in Las Vegas, USA on 14-17 September 2004.

Issues with the removal of regulatory controls are very important on the agenda of the regulatory authorities dealing with radioactve waste managemnt (RWM). These issues arise prominently in decommis...

This document is the summary record of the 14th Plenary Meeting of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case's (IGSC) Clay Club, held at the ONDRAF/NIRAS offices in Brussels, Belgium on 20-21 O...

This document reports the main items discussed and decisions made at the 14th Plenary Meeting of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case's (IGSC) Clay Club, held at the ONDRAF/NIRAS offices i...

This document contains the final programme of the second AMIGO Workshop on Linkage of Geoscientific Arguments and Evidence in Supporting the Safety Case, to be held in Toronto, Canada on 20-22 Septem...

The Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) is the Radioactive Waste Management Committee's (RWMC) main support group to keep under review the world-wide experience of its participating organizations i...

This document is a summary record of the 36th Session of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC), held in Paris, France on 12-13 March 2003.

This document contains the final programme of the Approaches and Methods for Integrating Geologic Information in the Safety Case (AMIGO) Workshop on Building Confidence using Multiple Lines of Eviden...

This document is the final programme of the NEA's Integration Group for the Safety Case (IGSC) workshop on Management of Uncertainty in Safety Cases: The Role of Risk, held in Stockholm, Sweden on 2-...

This international seminar, held in Tarragona, Spain on 2-4 September 2003, was conducted in connection with the entering of the Vandellòs-I nuclear power plant into the safestore period. The seminar...

At its second meeting in Paris, France on 5-7 December 2001, the Working Parting on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topical sessions on the D&D Safety Case. This report documents that t...

Building and maintaining trust in organisations is a common concern among institutions with activities that involve the management of hazardous materials or contaminated sites, or have the potential ...

This document proposes the creation of an expert group on the integrated management of accident-oriented radioactive waste, which would produce valuable insights on the management of accident-oriente...

This document is a compilation of the abstracts of the presentations presented at the Integration Group for the Safety Case's (IGSC) Workshop on the Handling of Time Scales in Assessing Post-Closure ...

In this document a vision for the RWMC project on Preservation of RK&M Across Generations is described covering the period 2011-2014. The document represents the shared vision of the project members ...

This document is the proposed agenda of the second workshop on Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the on NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, on 1...

This document is the provisional summary record of the fifth meeting of the Expert Group on Preservation of Recrods, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Franc...

This document is the summary record of the 4th meeting of the Expert Group on Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative, held in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France on 16-18 April 20...

This document is the revised proposed agenda of the 4th meeting of the RWMC project on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations, held at the OECD Conference Center ...

The present Phase-II Vision Document is the revised version following refining of work priorities of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative subsequent ...

This document reports on the progress of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative over the period March 2013-March 2014.

This document is the summary record of the seventh meeting of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative, held in Paris, France on 27-28 May 2014.

This document is the summary record of the meeting of the task group “Set of Essential Records” within the RWMC’s initiative “Preservation of Record, Knowledge and Memory Across Generations” (RK&M), ...

This document is the summary record of the meeting of the Task Group “Set of Essential Records” within the RWMC’s initiative "Preservation of Record, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations", ...

This document is collection of articles produced by the RK&M project team about strategic aspects of the preservation of records, knowledge and memory across generations. This compilation represent o...

A Collective Statement of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee which describes the guiding principles of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiati...

Provides an overview of the activities associated with Phase-I of the Initiative on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations.

Way forward proposal for Phase II of the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations initiative.

This report describes the status of the RK&M project from its launch in March 2011 up to March 2012.

This report provides a status update of the RK&M project for the period March 2012 to March 2013.

This document is a summary record of the sixth meeting of the RK&M initiative, held at the NEA Offices, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, on 5-6 February 2014.

This document describes the path forward for the Minimal Set of Records subgroup under the aegis of the Expert Group on Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) Across Generations.

As major stakeholders, the radioactive waste management regulators in the Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) of the NEA have already recognised the value of exchange and comparison of info...

The NEA Co-ordinating Group on Site Evaluation and Design of Experiments for Radioactive Waste Disposal (SEDE) decided in late 1998 to prepare a technical position paper on Going Underground for Test...

The intention of this document is to provide an exploration of the relevant issues based on the current understanding and views of experts from the waste management community in NEA Member countries....

Le Comité de l'AEN de la gestion des déchets radioactifs (RWMC) réunit des représentants à haut niveau des agences de gestion des déchets radioactifs, des organismes de réglementation, des organes re...

This report presents a collective opinion of the Radioactive Waste Management Committee of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) and of the International Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Com...

The NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee (RWMC) has underscored the environmental and ethical basis for geological disposal as well as its technical feasibility in a number of previous collecti...

Sysnthesis and international perspective of the 9th Community Visit and National Workshop of the OECD NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) held in the Czech Republic on 24-26 October 2012.

Large quantities of materials arising from the decommissioning of nuclear facilities are non-radioactive per se. An additional significant share of materials is of very low-level or low-level radioac...

Une des préoccupations majeures exprimée dans la production d'éléctricité d'origine nucléaire est que le démantèlement (déconstruction à un niveau donné) d'installations en fine de vie représente un ...

Considerable international experience gained over the last 20 years demonstrates that nuclear facilities can be safely dismantled and decommissioned once a decision is made to cease operations and pe...

The removal of fuel from a permanently shutdown nuclear facility eliminates the major source of radiological hazard, a nuclear criticality. Combined with the cessation of operations at high temperatu...

L’enlèvement des matières irradiées et plus particulièrement du combustible à l'issue de l'arrêt définitif d'une installation élimine la source principale de risque radiologique, le risque de critici...

This report examines the predisposal phase of radioactive waste management programmes in NEA member countries for all types of waste from high-level to intermediate- and low-level waste, and spent fu...

Disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in engineered facilities deep underground is being widely investigated worldwide in order to protect humans and the environment both now and in the future. Th...

The decision-making process for developing and implementing long-term radioactive waste management (RWM) solutions extends over decades and involves both a multitude of actors/stakeholders and stages...

This report presents a synthesis of the key findings and experience of the NEA Forum on Stakeholder Confidence regarding the governance of long-term radioactive waste management. Most of the main fin...

Stakeholder involvement, dialogue and deliberation can improve the quality and the sustainability of policy decisions. This publication offers a short guide to stakeholder involvement techniques and ...

Il presente rapporto, avente finalità di ampia divulgazione, contiene una sintetica panoramica delle problematiche associate alla disattivazione e allo smantellamento delle intallazioni nucleari ne P...

One concern commonly expressed about electricity production from nuclear power is that the decommissioning (i.e.dismantling to a desirable end state) of the redundant radioactive facilities presents ...

Una delle preoccupazioni più diffuse in tema di produzione di energia elettrica da fonte nucleare è che la disattivazione degli impianti nucleari - ovvero il loro smantellamento fino allo stato final...

Die internationalen Erfahrungen der vergangenen 20 Jahre zeigen, dass kerntechnische Anlagen sicher abgebaut und stillgelegt werden können, nachdem die Entscheidung getroffen wurde, den Betrieb zu be...

La notevole esperienza internazionale acquisita negli ultimi venti anni dimostra che gli impianti nucleari possono essere disattivati e smantellati (decommissioning) in sicurezza alla fine del loro e...

NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

Proceedings of the RWMC Regulators Forum Workshop held in Helsinki, Finland on 8-9 September 2015.

This report presents the proceedings of a workshop on the roles, evolution and interactions of cementitious materials in geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The workshop was organis...

This document contains the proceedings of the NEA Clay Club workshop on Clay Characterisation from Nanoscopic to Microscopic Resolution. The workshop was intented to provide a discussion platform on ...

As the ICRP finalized its guidelines on the application of ICRP-103 to geologic disposal, the RWMC and the CRPPH held a joint session to discuss the ICRP forthcoming guidelines and interpretation iss...

At its ninth meeting (11-14 November 2008, at Senec, Slovak Republic), the WPDD held a topical session on Applying Decommissioning Experience to the Design and Operation of New Plants. In preparation...

At its first plenary meeting, held in Krefeld, Germany on 13-14 May 2008, the Decommissioning Cost Estimation Group (DCEG) of the Working Parting on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topi...

At its ninth meeting, held at Harwell, UK on 7-9 November 2007, the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topical session on Human and Organisational Factors in Decommissioni...

At its seventh meeting, held at the NEA Offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on 23-25 October 2006, the Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD) held a topical session on Emerging Is...

This document provides an overview of the topical session on Approaches and Practices in Decommissioning of Facilities and the Management of Radioactive Waste from Non-Nuclear Fuel Cycle Related Acti...

This interim document provides a summary of viewpoints, papers and written reports of the NEA/RWMC workshop on Regulating for the Long-Term Safety of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Practic...

At the sixth meeting of the Working Parting on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPDD), held in Brussels, Belgium on 14-16 November 2005, a topical session concerning Stakeholder Involvement in Decomm...

The topical session reported on herein sought to confirm the need to start thinking about the place of monitoring in the context of a safety case and to hear from within the Integration Group for the...

The NEA's Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (WPPD) Workshop on Safe, Efficient, and Cost-Effective Decommissioning was held in Rome, Italy on 6-10 September 2004. Its purpose was to en...